GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-50
St. Therese of the Child Jesus Church
Ninth Avenue and State Street
P.O. Box 496
Skagway, AK 99840
Phone 907-983-2271
Email: See website (Contact Us)
History: St. Therese Church, Skagway, Skagway Borough, Alaska, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau (Archives: Juneau, Alaska).
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1897 |
Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) from Douglas, Alaska, visited Skagway |
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1898-1920 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) established and administered St. Therese of the Child of Jesus/St. Mark Church |
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1920-1951 |
Alaska vicariate/prefecture apostolate priests (Fairbanks) administered St. Therese |
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1951-2020 |
Juneau diocesan priests administered St. Therese |
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2020-present |
Anchorage-Juneau archdiocesan priests have administered St. Therese |
Jesuits and diocesan priests at St. Therese attended to the following missions with Native American parishioners:
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1902-1920 (transferred to Nativity B.V.M., Juneau) |
Sitka station (Tlingit) |
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1904 |
Valdez station (Tlingit) |
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1908-1920 (transferred to Holy Family, Anchorage) |
Sacred Heart Mission (e.g. Aleut, Denaina, Eskimo), Seward
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1940s-1950 (closed) |
St. Pius X Mission Home (e.g. Denaina, Eskimo, Tlingit), Skagway |
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1950s-1979 (became a parish) (no longer Native) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Tlingit), Haines |
St. Pius X School, Skagway, and Skagway Government Sanatorium, Skagway:
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1932-1959 (closed) |
Jesuits with the Catholic Church Extension Society and the Sisters of St. Ann (St. Joseph’s Province, Victoria, British Columbia) established and staffed St. Pius X School/ Mission Home (e.g. Denaina, Eskimo, Tlingit), Skagway |
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1940s-1950 |
Alaska [Fairbanks] vicariate/prefecture apostolate priests from St. Therese, Skagway, attended St. Pius X |
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1945-1947 (relocated to Sitka) |
Sisters of St. Ann (St. Joseph’s Province, Victoria, British Columbia) staffed the Skagway Sanatorium (Aleut), Skagway |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1920-ongoing
Volume: Several entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Therese Church and its attended Native missions and stations.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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